Edible User Interfaces
Edible User Interfaces paper, presented at CHI 2005 in Portland, Oregon.
Video of CHI 2005 Presentation, with slides (requires Windows + Microsoft Internet Explorer).
Video of BeanCounter in action.
Work in Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) has made great inroads in bridging the gap between the physical and digital worlds we inhabit. The TUI offers many advantages over the traditional Graphical User Interface (GUI), including strong physical and cognitive affordances, support for two-handed interaction, and ease of collocated collaboration. However, like other interaction models, the TUI suffers the limitation that it is not nearly as mouth-wateringly delicious as many of the objects that we interact with on a daily basis.
The BeanCounter EUI
The TasteScreen EUI
At CHI 2005, I gave a talk in which I proposed the new paradigm of Edible User Interfaces (EUI) to address this inadequacy. I introduced two EUI systems, BeanCounter and TasteScreen, and described applications of each system.
I'd like to thank Media Lab classmates Andrew Sempere, Rahul Bhargava and Minqu Deng, who originated the BeanCounter concept in their inspirational 2001 class project. I'd also like to acknowledge Ben Resner for first coining the term "Edible User Interface" in his Master's Thesis.
BeanCounter and TasteScreen on display.
